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rotund

rotund

5 5.8
Having a round, plump shape like a ball
  • adjective
  • /roʊˈtʌnd/
translation icon : redondo
  • As she entered the room, a rotund woman wearing a bright red dress caught everyone's attention.
  • rotund man
  • rotund woman
  • rotund belly

And then I read the part and it was to play someone who is like rotund cigar smokin Jack Black, merp, merp, merp.

Examples

  • And he was just, you know, a a rotund portly man, very jovial.

  • The voice belongs to Pete's agent, LEO KUBELSKY, a rotund man in his fifties.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • And there is a rotund man.

  • The man turned his rotund body and went back to the television.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • My breath suddenly caught as I recognized the rotund, laughing figure.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • What about the rotund Professor Keenbean?

  • As his rotund bunkmate shifted in his sleep, Jackson heard a cracking sound above him.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • A hush falls ... except for a rotund old woman who is barging to the front.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • A knock on the door preceded a balding, rotund man sporting mutton-chop sideburns.

    Blog text (4)
  • David's interlocutor is Ibrahim, the manager, a rotund man whose terylene trousers follow the sagging curve of his belly.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

obese
vsrotund
126 3.8

Having too much body fat that can cause health problems

describes rounded shape or plumpness without implying medical or health issues
corpulent
vsrotund
  • Formal
4 7.3

A person who is very fat with a large, heavy body

is about rounded shape and can apply to objects, not only excessive fatness
orbed
vsrotund
1 8.7

Round and shaped like a ball

is broader, also used for soft or plump forms and people
plumpish
vsrotund
1 3.7

A little fat in a soft, round way

is rounder or more fully spherical, not just mildly soft and rounded
weighty
vsrotund
  • Offensive
1 4.7

Having too much body fat

is focused on rounded form rather than sheer heaviness or weight
orbicular
vsrotund
9.2

A shape that is round like a disk

is three dimensional and fuller rather than flat and disk shaped
roundy
vsrotund
  • Informal
6.6

A little round in shape like a small stone

is more fully rounded or plump, not only slightly curved in outline

Antonyms

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

420 1.0

Not thick from side to side, for example a line or a slice

How Round

spherical
18 4.2
rotund
5 5.8
plump
44 2.7
rounded
1 2.4
curved
6 1.0

Surface Forms

rotund positive
rotunder comparative
rotundest superlative

Etymology

Rotund comes from the Latin rotundus, which means 'round' and shares the root rot- with rotate. So a rotund person or object is pleasantly round or a little plump.